[BunnySlippers]

that when we see someone who looks downright odd, we assume there's something dubious about them.

I understand what you are saying. In Susan Smith's case and in Diane Down's they had a hard time faking the crying (which women are so apt to do). In both cases, their crying was so fake it looked almost like laughing ... very strange.

[Dinsdale]

To fake crying they should learn from the preachers, when you are about to start talking about how much Jesus sacraficed, you dip your pencil eraser in some onion juice (typically ready in the ash try) and touch it to the corner of your eye (only takes one). Then again they are some of the best actors and con-men in the world.